AleXa

Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman (born December 9, 1996), known professionally as AleXa or Kim Se-ri , formerly Alex Christine , is an American singer based in South Korea. She debuted as a K-pop singer in October 2019. In 2022, she represented her home state Oklahoma in NBC's American Song Contest with the song "Wonderland" where she won with 710 points.

Early life AleXa was born as Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman on December 9, 1996, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to an American father and a South Korean mother. AleXa's mother was adopted at age five by her adoptive American parents from an orphanage in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

As a child, AleXa began taking dance classes (ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, pom) around the age of two. She attended Jenks High School where she was a member of the show choir Trojanaires, which competed nationally. AleXa was an avid K-pop fan and created an Instagram dedicated to covering K-pop songs and choreography while in school.

Musical career 2016–2018: Rising Legends and Produce 48

In 2016, under the name Alex Christine, she participated in the Rising Legends online audition run by Soompi. The competition was organized in partnership with JYP Entertainment. In 2017, she competed on Rising Legends again when Soompi partnered with Cube Entertainment. Despite placing #1 in the dance category the first time and the overall winner the second, she did not make it into either of the companies' trainee programs and instead signed with ZB Label as their first (and as of 2022, only) in-house artist. In 2018, AleXa competed on Produce 48 and was eliminated in the first round at #82.

2019–2021: Debut, Do or Die and Decoherence

In 2019, under the name AleXa, she released her debut single album titled "Bomb" on October 19. She collaborated with rock band Diablo to release a rock version of the song on December 13.

In 2020, she announced her first mini-album with the release of the trailer "A.I Trooper" on February 24. The music video "Do or Die" was released on March 6. The mini-album, also titled Do or Die, was released on April 1. AleXa collaborated with girl group Dreamcatcher and boy group IN2IT to release the single "Be The Future" for the Millenasia Project on May 6. The project, supported by UNESCO's Global Education Coalition, was released to bring attention to the importance of education and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 16, AleXa released the music video for "Villain" from her upcoming second mini-album titled Decoherence. She released the mini-album alongside the music video for "Revolution" on October 21.

In 2021, AleXa released her digital single "Never Let You Go" on January 14. She collaborated with rock band Onewe to release an acoustic version of the song on February 8. On April 12, AleXa released the OST "I Miss You Every Day" for the TV Chosun drama Somehow Family.

On May 18, Spotify announced its third RADAR collaboration in the MENA region, bringing together AleXa and Bader AlShuaibi, a Kuwaiti-Saudi pop singer. The song "Is It On" was released on May 21. AleXa released her second single album ReviveR and its lead track "Xtra" on July 1. She collaborated with all-female rock band Rolling Quartz to release the rock version of the song on August 25.

2022–2024: "Tattoo", American Song Contest, tours across the United States, Girls Gone Vogue, "Juliet"

In 2022, AleXa released her third single album Tattoo on January 6. In May 2022, AleXa competed in the American Song Contest, representing Oklahoma with the song "Wonderland", and won.

In April 2023, AleXa signed with Eshy Gazit's label Intertwine for her U.S. promotion.

On June 1, 2023, ZB Label announced that AleXa would be making a comeback with the digital single "Juliet", which was released on June 9, with an accompanied music video filmed in Jeju Island.

On June 13, 2023, AleXa was cast in the American animated series "Ghosts of Ruin" alongside Justin Long, Michael Longfellow, Rosario Dawson & Tony Revolori. The animated series is set to debut this fall via Gala Film, the film and television division of content and technology user Gala. AleXa will be the voice of Juggernaut, an irreverent and hyper pro-gamer and content creator.

On July 22, 2023, AleXa attended "San Diego Comic-Con 2023", to promote her upcoming appearance as character Juggernaut in animated series "Ghosts of Ruin".

On February 23, 2024, AleXa released the digital single "Sick". The music video for the song was released the following day. "Sick" is part of AleXa's new American studio album and is a pop-punk song.

On March 7, ZB Label released her first full-length album titled Sugarcoat, which was her last release with her label. The album features her previous pop-punk singles, such as "Sick", On February 28, 2026 she performed in the fifth heat in Sundsvall, where she qualified to the final qualification round. She did not make it to the final.

Other ventures From June 23 to August 4, 2020, AleXa was a guest host on the podcast How Did I Get Here? often shortened to "HDIGH". On August 7, 2020, Dive Studios announced on their Twitter that she would become a permanent fixture on the show alongside original host Jae Park from Korean band Day6. The podcast won the "People's Choice" and "Entertainment" category at the Podcast Award in 2020.

Discography Studio albums Title Details Sugarcoat Released: March 7, 2025 Label: Interwine Music, ZB Label Formats:

Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Released: April 1, 2020 Label: ZB Label, Dreamus Company Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — Decoherence Released: October 21, 2020 Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 67 KOR: 1,801 Girls Gone Vogue Released: November 11, 2022 Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 54 KOR: 3,922 Juliet Released: June 9, 2023 Label: ZB Label, Dreamus Company Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Single albums Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Bomb Released: October 21, 2019 Label: ZB Label, Sony Music Korea Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — ReviveR Released: July 1, 2021 Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 41 KOR: 386 Tattoo Released: January 6, 2022 Label: ZB Label, Sony Music Korea Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 50 KOR: 298 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album USPop USWorld SWE "Bomb" 2019 — 7 — Bomb "A.I Trooper" 2020 — — — Do or Die "Do or Die" — 23 — "We Can" — — — "Villain" — — — Decoherence "Revolution" — — — "Never Let You Go" 2021 — — — "Xtra" — — — ReviveR "Tattoo" 2022 — — — Tattoo "Wonderland" 38 — — "Back in Vogue" — — — Girls Gone Vogue "Juliet" 2023 — — — Juliet "Sick" 2024 — — — Sugarcoat "I'm Okay" — — — "Distraction" — — — "Joy of Missing Out" — — — "Enemy" — — — "Under the Armor" — — — "Sugarcoat" 2025 — — — "Vital Check" — — — "Tongue Tied" 2026 — — 12 "4EVR" — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations Title Year Album "Be the Future" 2020 "Rule the World" "Is It On" 2021 "Summer Breeze" "BETTER TOGETHER (To Beat Covid-19) [Prod. SL.P]" "Star" 2022 Girls Gone Vogue "MBTI" 2023 "Running Out of Love"

OST Title Year Album "I Miss You Every Day" 2021 Somehow Family OST Part 9 "Midnight Sun" 2022 The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway OST Part 1 "Shining Star" 2023 Bastions OST Part 1

Videography Title Year Album Director "Bomb" 2019 Bomb Jihyoung Shim ZB "A.I Trooper" 2020 Do or Die "Do or Die" "We Can" "Villan" Decoherence "Revolution" "Never Let You Go" 2021 Moon Min-joo "Xtra" ReviveR Park Sang-won ZB "Summer Breeze" "Tattoo" 2022 Tattoo "Wonderland" "Back in Vogue" Girls Gone Vogue Lee Ki-seok ZB "MBTI" 2023 Ji-hyung Shim ZB "Juliet" Juliet Heo Jin-hyeon ZB "Sick" 2024 Sugarcoat "I'm Okay" Angelina Foss "Distraction" "Under the Armor" Angelina Foss "Sugarcoat" 2025 "Vital Check"

Songwriting credits + List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album Title Year Artist Album Lyricist Composer "Revolution" 2019 Herself Decoherence "Villain" "Moon & Back" "Rule the World" "Xtra" 2021 ReviveR "Obsession" "Black out" 2022 Girls Gone Vogue "Please Try Again" "Juliet" 2023 Juliet "I'm okay" 2024 "Distraction"

Concerts Headlining Tours U.S. Tour (2022) Date City Country Venue October 18 Jersey City United States White Eagle Hall October 20 San Juan Puerto Rico Teatro Arriví October 22 Atlanta United States Ferst Center of The Arts October 23 Chicago Avondale Music Hall October 25 Oklahoma City Tower Theater October 27 Houston Hobby Center October 28 San Francisco Marine's Memorial Theater October 30 Los Angeles Avalon Hollywood

Girls Gone Vogue Tour (2023) Date City Country Venue March 23 Auckland New Zealand Studio The Venue March 29 Sydney Australia Metro Theatre April 1 Melbourne 170 Russell

Sick of You U.S. tour (2024) Date City Country Venue March 29 New York City United States Music Hall of Williamsburg March 31 Chicago Distro Music Hall April 2 Atlanta Masquerade Hall April 4 Tulsa Cain's Ballroom April 5 Fort Worth Ridglea Theater April 7 Los Angeles Teragram Ballroom

Special concerts Mini-concert: Welcome To Wonderland (2022)

Online concerts Ctrl+AleXa (2020) AleXa- Global Fan Party (2021)

Special Stages KAMP Singapore (2019) FutureCon (online) (2020) Kpop Superfest (2021) SNL Korea (2022) LA Clippers vs Philadelphia 76ers 1/17 half time show (2023) Arthur Ash Kids Day (2023) Jingle Ball Tour (2023) Kelly Clarkson show (2024) KCON (music festival) (2024)

Filmography Web series Year Title Role Notes 2023 Ghosts of Ruin Juggernaut Main role

Film Year Title Role Notes 2022 Urban Myths Se-ri Segment: "Escape Games"

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2018 Produce 48 Herself As Alex Christine 2023 Codename: Busan Co-Host Arirang TV K-Chat Teacher

Web shows Year Title Role Notes 2022 Virtual Top Ten Song Host YouTube 2023 Hwaiting (Season 3) Cast member

Podcast host Year Title Role 2020–2021 How Did I Get Here? Co-host

Awards and nominations Award ceremony Year Category Nominee/Work(s) Result Asia Artist Awards 2020 Focus Singer Award AleXa 2021 Potential Award – Female 2022 Icon Award – Singer American Song Contest 2022 "Wonderland" K-Global Heart Dream Awards 2022 K-Global Rising Star Award AleXa 2023 K-Global Music Icon Award K-World Dream Awards 2020 Next Artist Award